Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
West Main Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003001000 · Allen County, IN · pop 1,308 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
18003001000 is a census tract in the West Main area of Fort Wayne, IN. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,308 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units466
Renter share60.1%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate38.8%
Median income$40,513
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.0783, -85.1692 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Main scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Wayne
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
38.8% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$928 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Wayne
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Wayne
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Wayne
2.0
How West Main compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 23%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 81Total filings over 2 yrs
- 13.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.9%Peak (2018)
- 42Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 22.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.5%Food insecurity
- 32.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.0%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 25.5%Frequent mental distress
- 44.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Main
The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 37.5% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. SNAP participation runs 32.0% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 31% here against 38.5% across Allen County.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 81 filings here across 2 tracked years. It sits 0.9 points above the Allen County average of 3.7.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 13.9% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 13.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003001000?
Census tract 18003001000 in the West Main neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 18003001000?
Median gross rent is $928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003001000?
38.8% of residents in tract 18003001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,308.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 58th, minority 45th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 18003001000 considered part of West Main?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003001000 fall within West Main (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003001000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.37% of renter households, peaking at 13.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003001000 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.1% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 22.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003001000 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003001000 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Wayne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 18003001000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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